Summer and Winter Habitations, in Kamtschatka.
J. Webber del. S. Smith sc.
[London: G. Nicol & T. Cadell, 1785.]
Engraving, 245 x 405mm. 9¾ x 16". Full margins.
Structures on the Kamchatka Peninsula on the Russian Pacific coast. From Cook's Voyages, numbered '77' upper right. John Webber (1751 - 1793) travelled with Captain James Cook on the Third Voyage (1776-80) as the official artist of the expedition, recording the explorer's death at the hands of Hawaiian natives.
[Ref: 18736] £160.00
[London: G. Nicol & T. Cadell, 1785.]
Engraving, 245 x 405mm. 9¾ x 16". Full margins.
Structures on the Kamchatka Peninsula on the Russian Pacific coast. From Cook's Voyages, numbered '77' upper right. John Webber (1751 - 1793) travelled with Captain James Cook on the Third Voyage (1776-80) as the official artist of the expedition, recording the explorer's death at the hands of Hawaiian natives.
[Ref: 18736] £160.00